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the american bar association's standing committee on the federal judiciary unanimously gave judge gorsuch the highest possible rating of well-qualified supreme court. i couldn't agree more. a lot of judge gorsuch associates, the chief judge of the 10th circuit who served have said about him, and i quote, judge gorsuch brings a powerful intellect combined with the probe in an approach to every issue. she brings to each case a strong commitment to permit his analysis to that case, it's facts in the record and the law cited applicable. he does not use his judicial robe as a vehicle for anythingia other than deciding the case before him. end quote a president obama's former solicitor general, your cattle codependent op-ed in "thi new york times" supported judge gorsuch in a row, and i quote, i have no doubt it can earn judge gorsuch with help research confidence in the rule of law. his six years on the bench reveal a committee to do judicial independence. they record that should give the american people confidence that he will not compromise principle to favor the president who appointed him,
the american bar association's standing committee on the federal judiciary unanimously gave judge gorsuch the highest possible rating of well-qualified supreme court. i couldn't agree more. a lot of judge gorsuch associates, the chief judge of the 10th circuit who served have said about him, and i quote, judge gorsuch brings a powerful intellect combined with the probe in an approach to every issue. she brings to each case a strong commitment to permit his analysis to that case, it's facts in...
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from the american bar association. now, i'm also enthusiastic about judge gorsuch because he brings a western perspective to a court that is desperately in need of diversity, and, mr. president, you would surely agree with that making sure that we have those that are knowledgeable based on -- based on their experience -- their life's experience of the west is important. six of the eight sitting supreme court justices have spent their entire professional careers in the boston-washington corridor. the only sitting justice who came to the supreme court from some place other than the boston-washington corridor is anthony kennedy who was elevated from the ninth circuit. judge gorsuch has, of course, done the washington thing, but his home is in the west and he served for a decade in the tenth circuit in denver, and i think that makes a real difference -- at least in my book. appellate judges in the east rarely -- rarely hear cases involving federal indian law. among the hundreds of cases that judge gorsuch has heard, dozens
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from the american bar association. senate democrats failed to create controversy over judge gorsuch's nomination because there is simply none to be found. but that didn't stop them. it's an amazing 1280 -- 180-turn around. senate democrats who just last year pushed for an immediate vote at the height of a presidential election seem to be content to leave that seat empty. they talked about the deadlock court. the democratic leader seems no longer concerned about that. by this logic, a vacant seat on the supreme court for a few months would be a devastating blow for democracy but one left open for years is wholly acceptable. this makes absolutely no sense. the only explanation for it is that the senate democrats expecting to be voting on a nominee put forth by a democratic administration, not one put forth by president trump. judge gorsuch will be confirmed to the supreme court this week. it is unfortunate that we may have to break long-standing precedent to do so, but senate democrats' actions are to blame for that. wit
from the american bar association. senate democrats failed to create controversy over judge gorsuch's nomination because there is simply none to be found. but that didn't stop them. it's an amazing 1280 -- 180-turn around. senate democrats who just last year pushed for an immediate vote at the height of a presidential election seem to be content to leave that seat empty. they talked about the deadlock court. the democratic leader seems no longer concerned about that. by this logic, a vacant...
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the american bar association, multiple entities, huge bipartisan support around the country. no question he's qualified. no question he's been a great jurist. no question he's been an excellent writer. now it's a question of will the senate follow through on the procedures that we have followed through for two centuries? give judges an up or down vote? and for the majority and the minority to both respect the process of what it means to be a part of article 3 leaders in the justice department. this is the way that this works in the days ahead. this is the way it's worked in the days past. we need to be able to resolve it now. i look forward to voting up or down and getting that vote for judge gorsuch. i look forward to him joining the court to being that ninth justice and to the court being able to get back to their business as they have always been. there are a few issues that are unresolved from the fall. not many cases that they were divided 4-4 but a few. it's time to get those resolved and be able to add this ninth the confirmation process for nominee neil gorsuch consid
the american bar association, multiple entities, huge bipartisan support around the country. no question he's qualified. no question he's been a great jurist. no question he's been an excellent writer. now it's a question of will the senate follow through on the procedures that we have followed through for two centuries? give judges an up or down vote? and for the majority and the minority to both respect the process of what it means to be a part of article 3 leaders in the justice department....
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from the american bar association. senate democrats failed to create controversy over judge gorsuch's nomination because there is simply none to be found. but that didn't stop them. it's an amazing 1280 -- 180-turn around. senate democrats who just last year pushed for an immediate vote at the height of a presidential election seem to be content to leave that seat empty. they talked about the deadlock court. the democratic leader seems no longer concerned about that. by this logic, a vacant seat on the supreme court for a few months would be a devastating blow for democracy but one left open for years is wholly acceptable. this makes absolutely no sense. the only explanation for it is that the senate democrats expecting to be voting on a nominee put forth by a democratic administration, not one put forth by president trump. judge gorsuch will be confirmed to the supreme court this week. it is unfortunate that we may have to break long-standing precedent to do so, but senate democrats' actions are to blame for that. wit
from the american bar association. senate democrats failed to create controversy over judge gorsuch's nomination because there is simply none to be found. but that didn't stop them. it's an amazing 1280 -- 180-turn around. senate democrats who just last year pushed for an immediate vote at the height of a presidential election seem to be content to leave that seat empty. they talked about the deadlock court. the democratic leader seems no longer concerned about that. by this logic, a vacant...
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unanimously well-qualified by the american bar association, my counterpart, senator schumer, once called it the gold standard. in the majority 99% of the time, 97% of his rulings were unanimous, only reversed one time in a case in which he participated by the supreme court. president obama's former acting solicitor general said there's no principled reason to pose him. that's why he'll ultimately be confirmed. exactly how that happens, chris, will be up to our democratic colleagues. i think it is noteworthy that no supreme court justice has ever in the history of our country been stopped by a partisan filibuster. ever. and, in fact, the business of filibuster oring judges is a fairly recent invention. ironically, of the now-minority in the senate, the democrats. and in particular senator schumer who convinced his colleagues after bush 43 got elected to start routinely filibustering judges. chris: let me ask you some specific questions. will there be a confirmation vote by friday? >> yes. we're going to confirm judge gorsuch this week. chris: secondly, do you have the eight democratic vot
unanimously well-qualified by the american bar association, my counterpart, senator schumer, once called it the gold standard. in the majority 99% of the time, 97% of his rulings were unanimous, only reversed one time in a case in which he participated by the supreme court. president obama's former acting solicitor general said there's no principled reason to pose him. that's why he'll ultimately be confirmed. exactly how that happens, chris, will be up to our democratic colleagues. i think it...
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unanimously well qualified by the american bar association. 99% of the time in the majority, 97% of his opinions were unanimous. only one time reversed by the supreme court. there's no rational basis, no principled reason for voting against neil gorsuch. that's what's before the senate this week. >> you say it's been litigated last year, the merrick garland situation. for a lot of senate democrats they're not done litigating this including someone like tom carper, a democratic senator who is not comfortable with the idea of filibustering, but believes that garland was mistreated. again, what was wrong with allowing merrick garland to have an up or down vote? >> i already told you you don't fill the supreme court vacancies in the middle of the presidential election. that's what joe biden said back in 1992 and he was chairman of the judicial committee. >> should that be the policy going forward? are you prepared to pass a resolution that says in an election year, any supreme court vacancy and have it to be the sense of a senate resolution that say no supreme court nominations will be cons
unanimously well qualified by the american bar association. 99% of the time in the majority, 97% of his opinions were unanimous. only one time reversed by the supreme court. there's no rational basis, no principled reason for voting against neil gorsuch. that's what's before the senate this week. >> you say it's been litigated last year, the merrick garland situation. for a lot of senate democrats they're not done litigating this including someone like tom carper, a democratic senator who...
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in fact, the american bar association unanimously, unanimously rated judge gorsuch as well qualify. that's its highest ratings. he has met with nearly 80 senators. prior to his hearing he provided the judiciary committee over 70 pages of written answers, about his personal record. he provided 75,000 plus pages of documents, including speeches, case briefs, opinions and written works going as far back as his college days. the white house archives produced over 180,000 pages of e-mail and paper records related to judge gorsuch's time at the department of justice. judge gorsuch sat for three rounds of questioning, totaling nearly 20 hours in committee. and as the american people watched judge gorsuch before that committee, they saw an fo exceptionally qualified nominee for the highest court in the land. someone who was bright, who was kind. i would argue that judge gorsuch mind come his intellectual capacities, only exceeded by the sights at the start. this is a kind and independent jurist. this was the longest hearing when he came before the judge your committee, the longest hearing o
in fact, the american bar association unanimously, unanimously rated judge gorsuch as well qualify. that's its highest ratings. he has met with nearly 80 senators. prior to his hearing he provided the judiciary committee over 70 pages of written answers, about his personal record. he provided 75,000 plus pages of documents, including speeches, case briefs, opinions and written works going as far back as his college days. the white house archives produced over 180,000 pages of e-mail and paper...
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the nomination of neil gorsuch to the supreme court, the american bar association and some top democratic legal scholars said that he was clearly, yes, conservative, clearly in the judicial mainstream and a distinguished judge. presidentobama's nominees sonia sotomayor and kagan were nominated. that doesn't sound like cooperation. >> so did judge aledo. ideologically they are so far, he's so far to the right, and i think the american people will see that as we see his -- chris: senator -- >> let me just -- chris, you to let me answer this. chris: ruth bader ginsburg and sotomayor to the left. isn't that what an election is for? >> well, both "the new york times" and washington post hired independent experts to rate where gorsuch would be, the times said he would be to the right of every judge of thomas, the most conservative judge we've had in history and the post analysis said he would be to the right of that. so this is not a mainstream judge. he comes off as mainstream, chris. [inaudible] >> let me finish my comment, chris. chris: wait a minute. you're talking about "the new york times
the nomination of neil gorsuch to the supreme court, the american bar association and some top democratic legal scholars said that he was clearly, yes, conservative, clearly in the judicial mainstream and a distinguished judge. presidentobama's nominees sonia sotomayor and kagan were nominated. that doesn't sound like cooperation. >> so did judge aledo. ideologically they are so far, he's so far to the right, and i think the american people will see that as we see his -- chris: senator --...
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evaluating judicial nominations, the american bar association. he's earned high praise from across the political spectrum with democrats and republicans alike attesting to his qualifications, his fairness, and his impartiality. he also enjoys the support of >> >> >> >> if perhaps that is why democrats have yet to afford a cogent rationale to opposing him. not that that would be easy the senate should confirm because there is no principled reason to vote no. if there is no principled reason to well-known and nomination and there's reason to prevent the senatefr from taking a vote at all. but that is just what the m partisan democratic party of the incident is sending to do for the first time in history of the senate so when president clinton nominated justice ginsberg i voted to confirm her when he nominated justice beyer i voted to confirm him when and president obama nominated his nomination as we had the at bordeaux vote the disagree with their opinions on the court but i thought it was the right thing to do. the i understand our democratic col
evaluating judicial nominations, the american bar association. he's earned high praise from across the political spectrum with democrats and republicans alike attesting to his qualifications, his fairness, and his impartiality. he also enjoys the support of >> >> >> >> if perhaps that is why democrats have yet to afford a cogent rationale to opposing him. not that that would be easy the senate should confirm because there is no principled reason to vote no. if there is...
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the american bar association. he was confirmed by the senate without objection in the year 2006. his service on the tenth circuit court of appeals has earned the respect of his judicial colleagues. and he has demonstrated the independence and respect for the law that the american people expect from a supreme court justice. i hope that at least eight of my democrat colleagues will join us regardless of how they ultimately vote on judge gorsuch's nomination. or his confirmation, excuse me. i hope they will recognize the need to invoke cloture on this nomination. the senate will confirm judge gorsuch to the supreme court. for the good of the nation and for the good of the senate there should be no filibuster of this well qualified nominee. i yield back. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: withou
the american bar association. he was confirmed by the senate without objection in the year 2006. his service on the tenth circuit court of appeals has earned the respect of his judicial colleagues. and he has demonstrated the independence and respect for the law that the american people expect from a supreme court justice. i hope that at least eight of my democrat colleagues will join us regardless of how they ultimately vote on judge gorsuch's nomination. or his confirmation, excuse me. i hope...
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evaluating judicial nominations, the american bar association. he's earned high praise from across the political spectrum with democrats and republicans alike attesting to his qualifications, his fairness, and his impartiality. he also enjoys the support of the bipartisan -- of the senate. yet, there is an attempt to have a filibuster on the first supreme court nominee in american history. judge neil gorsuch is one of the most impressive nominee we have ever seen. if a widely praised nominee can't get past a democratic filibuster, no nominee could. democrats would filibuster ruth bader ginsberg if president trump nominated her. we all know why. democrats are bowing to hard-left special interests that can't get over the results of the election and thus demanding complete democratic opposition on everything this president touches. as "the washington post" has written they seem to endorse -- it seems some democrats made up their minds long ago to oppose whomever the president nominated. the democratic leader himself indicated as much before judge go
evaluating judicial nominations, the american bar association. he's earned high praise from across the political spectrum with democrats and republicans alike attesting to his qualifications, his fairness, and his impartiality. he also enjoys the support of the bipartisan -- of the senate. yet, there is an attempt to have a filibuster on the first supreme court nominee in american history. judge neil gorsuch is one of the most impressive nominee we have ever seen. if a widely praised nominee...
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the aba, the american bar association, a membership organization for lawyers, filed a lawsuit alleging that some lawyers who have loans approved for forgiveness were later reneged upon. the government said your loans qualify, you will have them forgiven and 10 years if you keep going on this path and turned around and said, just kidding, that's not the case. of the lawsuith itself in the government's response came during the trump administration the aba had been discussing this with the obama administration toward the end of their tenure. they had been going back and forth for a long time on it. in this case the trump administration was continuing what had been going on under obama. host: could you give us a sense of the price tag if these loans were to be forgiven will would be the approximate cost of the taxpayer? guest: it's hard to say. definitely in the billions. according to the government accountability office there are about 4 million student loan borrowers -- estimated 4 million student loan borrowers who would qualify for this program. if you think about that, 4 million borro
the aba, the american bar association, a membership organization for lawyers, filed a lawsuit alleging that some lawyers who have loans approved for forgiveness were later reneged upon. the government said your loans qualify, you will have them forgiven and 10 years if you keep going on this path and turned around and said, just kidding, that's not the case. of the lawsuith itself in the government's response came during the trump administration the aba had been discussing this with the obama...
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highest possible rating from the american bar association, a rating, i might add, the minority leader called the gold standard for judicial nominees, if they opposed a judge a number of them supported ten years ago, then it's abundantly clear their opposition was not about this judge, but about any judge this president nominates. thus, mr. president, republicans were left with no real alternative than to act to preserve the senate's decision of giving supreme court nominees an up-or-down vote. this is not my preference. i would prefer to leave room to block a judge not fit for office, but it's the only alternative we were left with if we want to confirm anyone to the supreme court. historically, mr. president, confirming judges was not a partisan process. during the george w. bush administration,-hour, democrats -- however, democrats decided to change that. they were mad, mad that a republican president was in charge. apparently modern day democrats are wreck on side of the aisled -- reconciled to the fact that it's not always democrats who win. democrats were mad and they decided the
highest possible rating from the american bar association, a rating, i might add, the minority leader called the gold standard for judicial nominees, if they opposed a judge a number of them supported ten years ago, then it's abundantly clear their opposition was not about this judge, but about any judge this president nominates. thus, mr. president, republicans were left with no real alternative than to act to preserve the senate's decision of giving supreme court nominees an up-or-down vote....
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well, judge gorsuch passes that test and the american bar association, the organization revered as the gold standard, for evaluating judges by the democratic leader himself and the former judiciary chairman certainly agrees. it said based on the writings, interviews and analysis we scrutinize to reach our rating we discern that judge gorsuch believe strongly in the independence of the judicial branch of government and we predicted he will be a strong and respectful voice in protecting it. in addition to independence, the democratic leader talked aboutrv his concern that judge gorsuch has earned the support of conservatives. earned has earned the support of republicans just as he received praise from many on the left as well. like president obama's former kt solicitor general and president obama's legal mentor, and left-leaning law professor elliott among so many others.al democratic leader talked about the need for the nominee to offer assurances by how he would rule on a certain case and assurances that he wa would stat up for certain groups. but as judge gorsuch pointed out, nominees
well, judge gorsuch passes that test and the american bar association, the organization revered as the gold standard, for evaluating judges by the democratic leader himself and the former judiciary chairman certainly agrees. it said based on the writings, interviews and analysis we scrutinize to reach our rating we discern that judge gorsuch believe strongly in the independence of the judicial branch of government and we predicted he will be a strong and respectful voice in protecting it. in...
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he boasts a unanimous seal of approval, the gold standard from the american bar association. throughout his extensive career in both the public and private sectors and through hour after hour after hour of testimony, judge gorsuch has demonstrated an impartial commitment to the rule of law. this is another area in which legal minds from both sides of the aisle agree. harvard law school professor noaa -- noah feldman called it himself a truly terrible idea to try to force judge gorsuch or any judge, for that matter, to base their disoigz on the -- decisions on the parties involved. beyond a shadow of a doubt, i know that judge gorsuch fully understands the job of a judge is to interpret not make the law. as he himself said, a judge who likes every result he reaches is very likely a bad judge. reaching for results he prefers rather than those the law proscribes. this commitment to impartially, regardless of those involved in further cases, is further evidence his nomination should be confirmed rather than filibustered to death like we have seen today. judge gorsuch's record is
he boasts a unanimous seal of approval, the gold standard from the american bar association. throughout his extensive career in both the public and private sectors and through hour after hour after hour of testimony, judge gorsuch has demonstrated an impartial commitment to the rule of law. this is another area in which legal minds from both sides of the aisle agree. harvard law school professor noaa -- noah feldman called it himself a truly terrible idea to try to force judge gorsuch or any...
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and if they can filibuster someone who has the highest rating from the american bar association and almost everybody he has ever known including a number of tough democrat intellectuals in the world, then who can qualify under their rules unless they meet all their andicular ideological bent personally i am disappointed in my colleagues to politicizes the way they have. there is so much push from the , they really can't make the radical left to vote for someone of the quality of neil gorsuch. not very authentic to me and i think anybody else who looks at it carefully. there has never been a successful partisan filibuster of a supreme court nominee and we will not start this week. judge gorsuch will be confirmed by the end of the week by the united states senate and take his places the next associate justice on the united states supreme court. betternnot say it much than that. our democratic colleagues will not accept that president trump one. he did. and when you run the white house you have the responsibility to appoint people to the united states supreme court. i cannot think president t
and if they can filibuster someone who has the highest rating from the american bar association and almost everybody he has ever known including a number of tough democrat intellectuals in the world, then who can qualify under their rules unless they meet all their andicular ideological bent personally i am disappointed in my colleagues to politicizes the way they have. there is so much push from the , they really can't make the radical left to vote for someone of the quality of neil gorsuch....
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the american bar association, multiple entities, huge bipartisan support around the country. no question he's qualified. no question he's been a great jurist. no question he's been an excellent writer. now it's a question of will the senate follow through on the procedures that we have followed through for two centuries? give judges an up or down vote? and for the majority and the minority to both respect the process of what it means to be a part of article 3 leaders in the justice department. this is the way that this works in the days ahead. this is the way it's worked in the days past. we need to be able to resolve it now. i look forward to voting up or down and getting that vote for judge gorsuch. i look forward to him joining the court to being that ninth justice and to the court being able to get back to their business as they have always been. there are a few issues that are
the american bar association, multiple entities, huge bipartisan support around the country. no question he's qualified. no question he's been a great jurist. no question he's been an excellent writer. now it's a question of will the senate follow through on the procedures that we have followed through for two centuries? give judges an up or down vote? and for the majority and the minority to both respect the process of what it means to be a part of article 3 leaders in the justice department....
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the nomination to the supreme court, the american bar association and some top democratic legal scholars said that he was clearly, yes, conservative, but clearly in their traditional mainstream and a distinguished judge. if president obama two nonminorities song is not a elena kagan were both confirmed easily with republican support, but with justice gorsuch, you let the person know my first partisan filibuster in the history of supreme court nomination, that doesn't sound the cooperation. >> senator schumer: let me just say this, so did judge roberts and alito get democratic support under president bush. gorsuch was nurtured and pushed forward by the heritage foundation and the federalist society. ideologically he is so far to the right, and i think the american people will see that as we see his -- let me just say you have to let me answer this. >> chris: ruth bader ginsburg and soto's on mayor to the left. conservative presidents can nominate conservative judges and liberal presidents will nominate liberal judges. isn't that what an election is for? >> senator schumer: both "the new y
the nomination to the supreme court, the american bar association and some top democratic legal scholars said that he was clearly, yes, conservative, but clearly in their traditional mainstream and a distinguished judge. if president obama two nonminorities song is not a elena kagan were both confirmed easily with republican support, but with justice gorsuch, you let the person know my first partisan filibuster in the history of supreme court nomination, that doesn't sound the cooperation....
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he has received the american bar association's highest rating, the gold standard that we look at when it comes to judging nominees for the federal bench up to and including the high court, and he served for ten years with distinction on the tenth circuit court of appeals. and so, clearly, he's got the qualifications and clearly he is among that group of qualified individuals that the president promised to look at back during the campaign. and promised to send that type of individual over to the supreme court. so i -- i really don't think there's much that can be said to contradict the fact that neil gorsuch is qualified and highly qualified. so now let's ask is neil gorsuch somehow out of the broad judicial mainstream? and again, i think it is clear that based on his history, based on his testimony and based on his rulings up until now, he is part of the broad judicial mainstream that will put him in good company on the supreme court and makes him a worthy successor to justice scalia. he's -- first of all, he's earned the praise of both conservatives and liberals. he's even won the en
he has received the american bar association's highest rating, the gold standard that we look at when it comes to judging nominees for the federal bench up to and including the high court, and he served for ten years with distinction on the tenth circuit court of appeals. and so, clearly, he's got the qualifications and clearly he is among that group of qualified individuals that the president promised to look at back during the campaign. and promised to send that type of individual over to the...
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merrick garland, found unanimously well-qualified by the american bar association, merrick garland, a person who received bipartisan support for appointment to the dc circuit court of appeals, the second highest court in the land. when the majority leader comes to the floor to talk about how cooperative he has been with previous presidents for supreme court nominees he conveniently omits the most obvious reason our problems this week, the unilateral decision barring the majority leader to preclude any vote on merrick garland to fill the vacancy of justice scalia. i know judge garland, i met with him several times. he is a balanced, moderate, experienced journalist who should be on the supreme court. we shouldn't be entertaining neil gorsuch, we should be celebrating the first anniversary of merrick garland's service on the supreme court. the reason we are not, mitch mcconnell and senate republicans refused us that opportunity. they said no, you can't vote. their logic, the logic was wait a minute, this is the last year of president obama's residency. why should he be able to fill a va
merrick garland, found unanimously well-qualified by the american bar association, merrick garland, a person who received bipartisan support for appointment to the dc circuit court of appeals, the second highest court in the land. when the majority leader comes to the floor to talk about how cooperative he has been with previous presidents for supreme court nominees he conveniently omits the most obvious reason our problems this week, the unilateral decision barring the majority leader to...
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the american bar association rated him their highest people who worked for them in the past. his judicial record in terms of the number of cases where he was in the mainstream and democrat appointees cited with him. it showed the president that trying to work with senate -- itats wasn't really was somewhat of a futile task. we will vote it down. that is probably the biggest lesson. got the that they've right individual. if someone eminently qualified. >> let me turn your attention to tax reform bill quick. -- real quick. [indiscernible] as the president gone back to the drawing board when it relates to taxes? is that accurate? sec. spicer: no. >> is that the backbone? sec. spicer: that is the backbone. but what you see is us going to this process. everyone from secretary mintage mnuchin, inetary man the process of meeting with groups that have been advocating. industry groups, individuals, members of congress. getting their input. this would be a major undertaking. we want to make sure they listen and have their ideas move forward. this is the beginning phase of that process.
the american bar association rated him their highest people who worked for them in the past. his judicial record in terms of the number of cases where he was in the mainstream and democrat appointees cited with him. it showed the president that trying to work with senate -- itats wasn't really was somewhat of a futile task. we will vote it down. that is probably the biggest lesson. got the that they've right individual. if someone eminently qualified. >> let me turn your attention to tax...
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in conjunction with the american bar association finding louisiana public defenders are handling nearly five times as much work as they should. >> would any other profession be asked to work this kind of a load? >> if obstetricians had five times as much work as they could handle competently, if airline pilots had five times as much work as they could handle competently, terrible things would happen. >> it wouldn't be allowed. >> of course it wouldn't be allowed. >> public defenders have people's lives in their hands. >> they have peoples' lives in their hands, their liberty, their whole future in their hands. >> don gamble knows what it's like to have your future rest in the hands of a new orleans public defender. in february 2015, he was out celebrating mardi gras in this neighborhood when the police pulled up. >> the detective he just jumped up. he was like, donald gamble. you're under arrest. >> did they tell you what you're under arrest for? >> yeah, he said you're under arrest for two counts of armed robbery. >> a man with a gun stole two women's purses. the robber was recorded fl
in conjunction with the american bar association finding louisiana public defenders are handling nearly five times as much work as they should. >> would any other profession be asked to work this kind of a load? >> if obstetricians had five times as much work as they could handle competently, if airline pilots had five times as much work as they could handle competently, terrible things would happen. >> it wouldn't be allowed. >> of course it wouldn't be allowed....
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the american bar association, the hispanic national bar ?oa ?oa -- association, eight formers solicitor general, neal katyal, gregory barr, paul clement, seth waxman, walter dellinger, drew days, kenneth starr. you recognize some of those names. some come from the right side of the spectrum, some from the left. the point was eight former solicitors general: kenneth starr, 1989 are through 1993. and drew days who followed him and dellinger who followed days and waxman who followed dellinger. olson who served from 2001 through 2004 and clement who followed olson and gash garr and neal katyal who served in 2010 to 2011. endorsement from the american bar association standing committee on the federal judiciary rated him well qualified as a supreme court nominee, the highest rating they could give. and their evaluation of his records stated that judge garland, quote, meets the very high standards of integrity, professional competence and judicial temperament. so there you have our president, president obama, last year consulting in a bipartisan fashio
the american bar association, the hispanic national bar ?oa ?oa -- association, eight formers solicitor general, neal katyal, gregory barr, paul clement, seth waxman, walter dellinger, drew days, kenneth starr. you recognize some of those names. some come from the right side of the spectrum, some from the left. the point was eight former solicitors general: kenneth starr, 1989 are through 1993. and drew days who followed him and dellinger who followed days and waxman who followed dellinger....
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the american bar association rated him the highest of judges that they worked with in the past. he was in the mainstream and democratic appointees sided with them. it basically show the president but try to work with senate .emocrats these people were going to vote it down. was probably the biggest lesson, but also showed when you have someone who is eminently qualified, we're going to succeed and getting them down there. >> [indiscernible] there is a report out there that says the president has gone back to the drawing board -- [indiscernible] is that accurate? sec. spicer: no. what he put out there on the campaign trail, is that still the backbone? sec. spicer: yes, that is the background. what you're seeing is on to the process with his economic team, everyone from secretary nugent, nugent ---- secretary coretary mnuchin, secretary hen, and they are meeting with outside groups, industry groups, members of congress to get their input. this will be a major undertaking. we want to make sure that we listen, have their ideas and their input. but these -- this is the thatning phase
the american bar association rated him the highest of judges that they worked with in the past. he was in the mainstream and democratic appointees sided with them. it basically show the president but try to work with senate .emocrats these people were going to vote it down. was probably the biggest lesson, but also showed when you have someone who is eminently qualified, we're going to succeed and getting them down there. >> [indiscernible] there is a report out there that says the...
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he received the highest rating of the american bar association and well-qualified to merit the committee's rating of well-qualified a supreme court nominee must be a prominent member of the legal profession with outstanding legal ability and an outstanding breadth of experience. it's reserved for those found to merit the committee strongestiv affirmative endorsement by unanimous vote on march 9 thein standing committee were to judg. gorsuch's his highest ranking of well-qualified just like they did for sonia sotomayor and elena kagan. 2700 court decisions and one reversal, praise from all areas of the law left, right and middle, the aba 900 page described him as a thoughtful judge in a good person. i don't think anybody can come to the floor and say even though you may disagree with an outcome that judge gorsuch is notde qualified within any reasonable p standard to be chosen by president trump. he's every bit as qualified as the two obama appointments so clearly qualifications no longer matter like they used to. anthony scalia who justice,us judge gorsuch and hopefully soon will be just a
he received the highest rating of the american bar association and well-qualified to merit the committee's rating of well-qualified a supreme court nominee must be a prominent member of the legal profession with outstanding legal ability and an outstanding breadth of experience. it's reserved for those found to merit the committee strongestiv affirmative endorsement by unanimous vote on march 9 thein standing committee were to judg. gorsuch's his highest ranking of well-qualified just like they...
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juneed unanimously well -- judged unanimously well qualified by the american bar association and president obama submitted his name to this congress, to the senate, a senate which is with a republican majority and a leader, senator mitch mcconnell of kentucky. senator mcconnell and the republican senators did something that had never happened in the history of this claim better, not once -- chamber, not once. they denied to president obama's nominee the opportunity for a hearing and a vote. in fact, senator mcconnell went further and said i won't even meet with the man. it had never happened before. and you say to yourself, well, come on, this isn't bean bag. you're in washington. this is major league politics. this sort of thing must happen all the time. never. in fact, if you go back not that far in history to 1988 and the last year of president ronald reagan's presidency, his fourth year, some call it the lame duck year, there was a vacancy on the supreme court. republican president ronald reagan sent the name anthony kennedy to a democratically controlled senate which had the power to
juneed unanimously well -- judged unanimously well qualified by the american bar association and president obama submitted his name to this congress, to the senate, a senate which is with a republican majority and a leader, senator mitch mcconnell of kentucky. senator mcconnell and the republican senators did something that had never happened in the history of this claim better, not once -- chamber, not once. they denied to president obama's nominee the opportunity for a hearing and a vote. in...
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he received the highest rating from the american bar association. and, mr. president, it's not just the a.b.a. there is a long, long list of different groups across the country, many representing minority groups in america who have supported judge gorsuch. the national congress of american indians, the native american rights fund, the hispanic leadership climb, the list goes on and on and on. so, mr. president, given the broad-based support from the left, from the right, from the center, why would my colleagues on the other side of the aisle threaten the traditions of this institution and not even allow an up-or-down vote on judge gorsuch? well, i've been listening to see what they are saying. i've been listening to the speeches. and it seems that some of my colleagues are focused on this vague notion of vagueness. literally, vagueness .if you listen to their comments, they talk about judge gorsuch's supposed ambiguity, his vagueness, his evasiveness, that he won't answer questions on how he would rule on specific cases, so they are going to oppose him becau
he received the highest rating from the american bar association. and, mr. president, it's not just the a.b.a. there is a long, long list of different groups across the country, many representing minority groups in america who have supported judge gorsuch. the national congress of american indians, the native american rights fund, the hispanic leadership climb, the list goes on and on and on. so, mr. president, given the broad-based support from the left, from the right, from the center, why...
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he's just concluded a study in conjunction with the american bar association finding louisiana public defenders are handling nearly five times as much work as they should. each public defender is doing the work of what five public defenders-- >> hanlon: that's exactly... >> cooper: --should be doing? >> hanlon: right. >> cooper: would any other profession be asked to work this kind of a load? >> hanlon: if obstetricians had five times as much work as they could handle competently, if airline pilots had five times as much work as they could handle competently, terrible things would happen. >> cooper: it wouldn't be allowed-- i mean, there are strict regulations. >> hanlon: of course it wouldn't be allowed. >> cooper: public defenders have people's lives in their hands, just like airline pilots or doctors? >> hanlon: they have people's lives in their hands, they have people's liberty in their hands. they have their whole future in their hands. >> cooper: donald gamble knows what it's like to have your future rest in the hands of a new orleans public defender. in february 2015, he was ou
he's just concluded a study in conjunction with the american bar association finding louisiana public defenders are handling nearly five times as much work as they should. each public defender is doing the work of what five public defenders-- >> hanlon: that's exactly... >> cooper: --should be doing? >> hanlon: right. >> cooper: would any other profession be asked to work this kind of a load? >> hanlon: if obstetricians had five times as much work as they could...
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judge gorsuch got the highest rating you can get from the american bar association unanimously. that's not a conservative group. he had people celebrating him left, right and middle. people all over the political spectrum saying regardless what you think about politics, he's fair. he adheres to the texts. so even with the backdrop, the democrats decided to filibuster him. something that they didn't even do for justice thomas. >> neil: you're right about that. shannon, we know he's scary smart as are you. thank you very much. everything on monday. that will be a big deal. meantime, you've seen and heard about mad dog mattis. he was key in recommending the course of action we took against syria. unfortunately with that incredible mad dog foreign policy team, you don't hear the same when it comes to the economic team or the domestic policy team. our own mad dog, charlie gasparino on why that is after this. let me talk to you about retirement. a 401(k) is the most sound way to go. let's talk asset allocation. -sure. you seem knowledgeable, professional. i'm actually a deejay. -[ lau
judge gorsuch got the highest rating you can get from the american bar association unanimously. that's not a conservative group. he had people celebrating him left, right and middle. people all over the political spectrum saying regardless what you think about politics, he's fair. he adheres to the texts. so even with the backdrop, the democrats decided to filibuster him. something that they didn't even do for justice thomas. >> neil: you're right about that. shannon, we know he's scary...
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unanimously well mollified by the american bar association. president obama submitted his name to this congress. to the senate. a senate which is with a republican majority and a leader, senator mitch mcconnell of kentucky. senator mcconnell and republican senators did something that had never happened in the history of this chamber. not once, they denied president obama's nominee, the opportunity for a hearing and a vote. in fact, senator mcconnell went further and said i will not even meet with the man. it had never happened before. and you say to yourself well, come on, this is in washington. this is major-league politics. this sort of thing must happen all the time. never! in fact, if you go back not that far into history in 1988 in the last year of president ronald reagan's presidency, there was a vacancy in the supreme court. ronald reagan sent the name anthony kennedy to a democratic controlled senate. which had the power to do the same thing that senator mcconnell did. deny hearing and deny a book. what did the democrats do? they gave
unanimously well mollified by the american bar association. president obama submitted his name to this congress. to the senate. a senate which is with a republican majority and a leader, senator mitch mcconnell of kentucky. senator mcconnell and republican senators did something that had never happened in the history of this chamber. not once, they denied president obama's nominee, the opportunity for a hearing and a vote. in fact, senator mcconnell went further and said i will not even meet...
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american bar association which democrats have called the gold standard, has given him a very high rating. most of his cases, 97% of these cases, they have been unanimous decisions many he did not go out on a limb, he was with the other judges who agreed with his ruling. what is the big reason why we are here where we are today, where it seems like the decision is amongst party lines, by party lines, what is the real issue for democrats for gorsuch? >> when he was first nominated, the assumption was he would sail through the senate. he seemed like a nominee that in the past would have had no problems. he seemed to resemble john roberts in terms of his credentials, demeanor, and it has been kind of a surprise that you have centrist democrats facing reelection and heavily pro trump states like jon tester of montana, claire mccaskill of missouri, coming out and saying no, we are going to oppose gorsuch and vote for the filibuster. that is something that would have been unheard of a few years ago. the main difference i think is that democrats are really upset over the treatment of merrick gar
american bar association which democrats have called the gold standard, has given him a very high rating. most of his cases, 97% of these cases, they have been unanimous decisions many he did not go out on a limb, he was with the other judges who agreed with his ruling. what is the big reason why we are here where we are today, where it seems like the decision is amongst party lines, by party lines, what is the real issue for democrats for gorsuch? >> when he was first nominated, the...
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he has received the american bar association's highest rating, the gold standard that we look at when it comes to judging nominees for the federal bench up to and including the high court, and he served for ten years with distinction on the tenth circuit court of appeals. and so, clearly, he's got the qualifications and clearly he is among that group of qualified individuals that the president promised to look at back during the campaign. and promised to send that type of individual over to the supreme court. so i -- i really don't think there's much that can be said to contradict the fact that neil gorsuch is qualified and highly qualified. so now let's ask is neil gorsuch somehow out of the broad judicial mainstream? and again, i think it is clear that based on his history, based on his testimony and based on his rulings up until now, he is part of the broad judicial mainstream that will put him in good company on the supreme court and makes him a worthy successor to justice scalia. he's -- first of all, he's earned the praise of both conservatives and liberals. he's even won the en
he has received the american bar association's highest rating, the gold standard that we look at when it comes to judging nominees for the federal bench up to and including the high court, and he served for ten years with distinction on the tenth circuit court of appeals. and so, clearly, he's got the qualifications and clearly he is among that group of qualified individuals that the president promised to look at back during the campaign. and promised to send that type of individual over to the...
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the american bar association rated him their highest people who have worked for them in the past. his judicial record in terms of the number of cases where he was in the mainstream and democratic appointees sided with him. i think it showed the president trying to work with senate democra democrats was somewhat of a feudal task. they made up their mind rega regardless of who the person was they were going to vote it down. so that was the biggest lesson. it also shows when you have the right individual, you have someone who is qualified, we're going to succeed in getting him done. >> the president has basically gone back to the drawing board as it relates to taxes. is that accurate? or what do you put out on the campaign trail is still the back bonn of what he wants to see get done? >> that's the backbone, but what you're seeing is us going through this process. his economic team, secretary ross to gary cohen and others sitting down internally and beginning that process of meeting with groups that have been advocating for tax reform since 1986 the ink on that one dried and starting
the american bar association rated him their highest people who have worked for them in the past. his judicial record in terms of the number of cases where he was in the mainstream and democratic appointees sided with him. i think it showed the president trying to work with senate democra democrats was somewhat of a feudal task. they made up their mind rega regardless of who the person was they were going to vote it down. so that was the biggest lesson. it also shows when you have the right...